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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries,

\VALTER DAR-BY AND ION DARBY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRDTO JOHN HENRY PUNOHARD, OF SAME PLACE.

HEATING ATTACHMENT FOR OIL-STOVES.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,722, datedNovember 1'7, 1896.

Application filed February 17, 1896. Serial No. 579,554. (No model.)

T 0 all whens it nury concern:

3e it known that we, W'ALTER DARBY and ION DARBY, subjects of the Queenof Great Britaimof The \Veston Works, Weston Street, Kings Oross,London,England,have invented certain new and useful lm provements in HeatingAttachments for Oil-Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention. relates to heating attachments for oil or gas stoves;and it consists of certain novel. features hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which the same partsare indicated by the same letters throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of an oil-stove andutensil therein according to our present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan ofsame. Fig. 3 is an edge View, and Fig. 4C is a plan,of a loose trivet ordevice for use, as hereinafter described.

Over the burner a is mounted (either hinged or detachably connected, asshown, or otherwise, as desired) a case or vessel 1), formed of aninclosing wall, of sheet-iron or tin-plate or other suitable material,open at the top. The bottom of this casing 12 fits over or onto the hood0 of the burner, or this inclosing wall I) maybe continued down to theoil-reservoir (Z, (to which same may be attached in an y suitablemanner,) in which latter event such lower part (not shown) of this caseI) would be perforated or provided with openings in any suitable mannerto permit admission of air to the burner. This case may be of anydesired shape, but advantageously of cylindrical form, as shown, oroval, orhaving parallel sides with rounded ends. At or near the top ofthis inelosing wall I) we form, arrange, or mount a rim Z2, or it maybelugs or projections D or both I) and L as shown, or other suitable meansmay be used to provide a seat or seating or support for the utensil A,hereinafter described, or the latter may have simply a projecting ledgeA all around, or projections at intervals around the top edge of same(or near thereto) which simply rest on the top edge or rim Z) of saidcase 1), and thus this utensil A is held in position, and the latter,being of corresponding shape to the case, fits closely within saidinclosing wall I), after the mannerol' a piston or plunger in acylinder, or this utensil may, if desired, be of other shape or form tocorrespond with the case Z). This special utensil A is essentially akettle for boiling water, but may be used for any other desired purpose,and be-' ing made to closely lit within the case, (like a piston,) asshown, same prevents escape of heat or products of combustion between itand the inclosing wall I), and has a central vertical opening A, (orother openingor openings,

either conical or otherwise through same,) through which the heat andproducts of combustion ascend. The handle B of this utensil A mayadvantageously be detachable or may be hinged, so as to turn down out of.the. way, as shown in Fig. On the top of this utensil A We arrange andmount (either immovably or pivotally or removably) four or othersuitable number of rests or supports C, (in the case illustrated theseare fixed) projecting'above the top of the kettle A, upon which afrying-pan, pot, or other utensil can be placed,- the whole of the heatcoming from the burner up the passage A, through the kettle A, beingthus directed against the bottom of such frying-pan, &c., (not shown,)and then is free to escape laterally through the open space left betweenthe top of the special utensil A and the bottom of the frying-pan, &e..,standing on said supports O, which latter are of a sui'iicient heightfor this purpose.

If the stove is required for use without the special utensil A, (withthe aforesaid rests or supports O thereon,) same can be removed, and agrid or grill or other temporary support, such as illustrated in Figs. 3and l, placed in the case, upon which a pot, &c., can

he stood, or other cooking operation perthe hood 0 to thus lock theparts together or release same when desired to gain access to the burneror Wick thereof for lighting, cleaning, filling, &c.

d d are handles fixed to the base (1 by which to carry said stove.

b is a Window or aperture (covered with mica or other suitabletransparent material) through which to see the flame to regulate same.

E is spout of kettle therefor.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination With an oil-reservoir, of a burner provided with ahood, an inclosing Wall mounted on the said burn er and provided withsupports at its upper end, a vessel provided with a central aperture andadapted to fit closely within the said inclosing wall, and a bracketmounted on top of the said vessel, substantially as described.

2. The combination with an oil-reservoir, such as cl forming the base orstand for the stove of a case or inclosing Wall such as I) mounted justover the hood 0 of the burner,

F is filling-orifice rests or supports, such as b on the outer edge ofthe rim 5 on the top of said case, a kettle such as A adapted to fitclosely Within said case b, a flange A on said kettle to support same onthe said rim Z), a vertical passage such asA 'through said kettle, andrests or supports such as C on the top of said kettle A substantially inthe manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustratedin the drawings hereunto annexed.

3. lhe combination With an oil-reservoir, of a burner provided with ahood 0, a case or inclosing Wall Z) mounted on the said hood, rests orsupports b carried at the upper end of the inclosing Wall, a vessel Aadapted to fit closely Within said case or wall I), a flange A on thesaid vessel, a central vertical passage A through. said vessel, the saidvessel being provided with the filling-orifice F and spout E, rests orsupports 0 on top of said vessel, and a handle carried by said supports.substantially as described.

XVALTER DARBY. ION DARBY. Vitnesses:

H. BIRKBECK, GEORGE W. KEY.

